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Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper recognizes NCAR for dropsonde research

November 09, 2011

BOULDER—Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will present his office's annual awards for "high impact research" on November 15 to teams from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and three other Colorado-based research centers for breakthroughs in atmospheric science, renewable energy, sustainability, and disease prevention.

NCAR will be honored for “Innovations and Transformation of Dropsonde System Technology and Delivery Systems.” Terrence Hock of NCAR's Earth Observing Laboratory is the principal investigator on the project. Dropsondes are small instrument packages released from aircraft to measure pressure, temperature, humidity, and winds as they descend through the atmosphere.

At the ceremony, awards will also be presented to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden), the National Snow and Ice Data Center (Boulder), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s division of Vector-borne Diseases (Fort Collins). In addition to the award winners, Gov. Hickenlooper will be recognizing three "distinguished finalists."

CO-LABS, the non-profit that informs the public about the breakthroughs and impacts from the 24 federal labs in Colorado, is sponsoring the 2011 Governor’s Award for High Impact Research, to be held at 1800 Larimer Street in Denver, a LEED Platinum building, at 5:00 pm on November 15.

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